Tag: nature writing
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Sky Humour
This was an excellent read. A volume of poetry that I grabbed off the shelf randomly and read from time to time over a couple weeks. I don’t believe one should read poetry like a novel, from cover to cover, but rather it should be read one or two poems at a time slowly and… Read more
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Wild Dark Shore
Wild Dark Shore is a subantarctic novel, that sounds weird but it is, written by Australian author Charlotte McConaghy. Set on Shearwater Island—a remote, storm-swept isle modeled after Australia’s Macquarie Island, my thoughts went immediately to Tristan da Cunha—the narrative takes place in an ecologically threatened environment home to a critical global seed vault. Rising sea… Read more
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The Whisper on the Night Wind
This was a proper Canadian wilderness adventure tale, with a historical mystery thrown in like extra curds on poutine. The Whisper on the Night Wind by our very own Canadian explorer and author Adam Shoalts investigates a century-old mystery in the remote interior of Labrador. The narrative centers on the historical accounts from the early… Read more